140: Chapter 140 All Ten People Arrive

Just as the noise reached a fever pitch and the atmosphere hit its climax, the four employees were stunned and at a loss for what to do.

A figure descended from the sky, landing right at the entrance of the Martial God Milk Tea Shop. With all eyes on him, the person held a large red standing sign.

Upon closer inspection, the crowd instantly recognized him—it was Su Lin.

"Su Lin! He's here!"

"He actually dared to show up!?"

With everyone watching, Su Lin slowly stood up. He wore a smile on his face, which looked all the more radiant in the clear weather.

"Welcome, everyone, to my shop. Today is the first day of business for the Martial God Milk Tea Shop!"

"We have a grand opening promotion today with plenty of perks."

As he spoke, Su Lin placed the red standing sign he was holding at the entrance.

When the crowd looked closely, they couldn't believe their eyes.

The large red sign displayed a line of shocking text in a bold font.

"Martial God Milk Tea Shop Grand Opening: All milk tea is only 0.01 credits."

"Friendly reminder: This shop only accepts payment in credits!"

Question marks appeared over everyone's heads.

"Huh? 0.01 credits for a cup of milk tea? Did I read that right!?"

"Damn! That's robbery! What kind of profiteer is this Su Lin!?"

"Martial God Milk Tea Shop? More like Robbery milk tea Shop!"

"0.01 credits for a cup of milk tea—that's one thousand per cup in cash!? How does he dare!"

The crowd was shocked by the exorbitant price at Su Lin's shop. Even many locals from the Imperial Capital, who were accustomed to the city's high cost of living, were taken aback.

However, this was the first time they had ever seen a cup of milk tea cost one thousand, and it required payment in credits—credits were incredibly precious at Shenglong University!

Seeing the puzzled expressions on everyone's faces, Su Lin wasn't surprised; he had anticipated this. He turned to tell Tang Lingmeng and the others to hurry up with the opening preparations, then turned back to the crowd with a confident smile.

"I'm sure you're all wondering why my milk tea is so expensive."

"I'm here to tell you that not only is my milk tea not expensive, but on the contrary, it's extremely cheap. Buying it is a steal!"

Su Lin held up a cup of milk tea, letting the sun shine upon it, and the drink shimmered brilliantly in the intense sunlight.

"To tell you the truth, drinking my milk tea can make you stronger. It's as simple as that!"

"The reason I've become so strong is precisely because I've drunk a lot of this milk tea."

"Come and buy my milk tea! You won't be disappointed!"

Su Lin stated this as if it were a simple fact, but the crowd only grew more confused after hearing his speech.

"What does drinking milk tea have to do with getting stronger? What kind of nonsense is Su Lin spouting!?"

"Damn! He's abandoned his conscience just to sell some milk tea. Has he no shame? It'd be good enough if milk tea didn't lower your Blood Qi, and he's actually claiming it makes you stronger?"

Everyone thought Su Lin was just a madman obsessed with milk tea. Under their scrutiny, Su Lin's expression remained unchanged, and he simply shook his head.

"It's fine. You don't believe me now, but you will soon enough."

Su Lin wasn't the least bit discouraged, for he knew the real show was about to begin; these people would soon discover the incredible benefits of his milk tea.

Just as Su Lin expected, nine figures suddenly darted out from different parts of the crowd and appeared at the very front. They all glared at Su Lin with aggressive intent.

A powerful aura emanated from the nine individuals as soon as they appeared, instantly drawing the attention of the thousands of people present. When the crowd saw who they were, they were shocked.

"It's Xiong Bochao! Tenth on the freshman leaderboard! He actually came here!?"

"And Cui Tianlei! Ninth on the freshman leaderboard! He's here too!"

"That's Dong Chao! He's third on the freshman leaderboard!"

"..."

The crowd stared at the nine people at the front, their hearts reeling in shock. Those nine were the top nine ranked students on the freshman leaderboard, and here they all were.

They had expected at most one or two of the top ten powerhouses to show up, but no one had imagined all nine would appear at once.

Apart from the number one ranked Gu Tianming, the entire top ten of the freshman leaderboard had appeared at the entrance of the Martial God Milk Tea Shop.

Just as the crowd gasped and was still trying to process the situation, a loud, piercing eagle cry echoed from the sky.

The startling cry shook everyone to their core, instantly drawing their attention away from the nine and toward the sky.

Everyone's pupils constricted. In the sky, a large white eagle flapped its wings, bathed in sunlight. Standing atop the white eagle was a youth dressed in white.

Clad in white, the youth looked heroic and dashing as the breeze stirred his clothes; he looked far from ordinary, possessing a transcendent air.

"This can't be real!? That's Gu Tianming!!"

"Gu Tianming is here too!? Am I seeing things!?"

Everyone couldn't believe their eyes. They never expected that Gu Tianming, ranked first on the freshman leaderboard, would actually show up here.

"Gu Tianming is here too? That's truly unexpected."

"It seems he's been unhappy with Su Lin for a long time."

Seeing Gu Tianming arrive, the nine at the front wore triumphant smiles. With Gu Tianming here to support them, any beating they gave Su Lin would be justified under his endorsement.

Gu Tianming was exceptionally powerful, having recently broken through to the eighth level of the Divine Aperture Realm. Furthermore, he was handsome and came from a prominent family, granting him immense prestige among the freshmen and a vast following of supporters and admirers.

With Gu Tianming now standing in opposition to Su Lin, the other nine felt emboldened. They believed that even if they smashed the shop and hung Su Lin from the entrance, no one would think they were going too far—after all, even Gu Tianming was on their side.

"Su Lin has lost everyone's favor. With Brother Gu here, no one will support him."

"Hahaha, Brother Gu is here, so I'm even more at ease. Now it doesn't matter how hard we hit him."

"Now that Brother Gu has joined us, even if we beat Su Lin to death, everyone will support us!"

The eyes of the nine at the front turned sinister and impatient, like a pack of wolves about to pounce on their prey.

Meanwhile, Su Lin stood motionless at the entrance of the Martial God Milk Tea Shop. Behind him, the shop doors were open, and Tang Lingmeng, Manager Xia Wan, and the others were busy inside, preparing ingredients.

As Tang Lingmeng, Manager Xia Wan, and the others busied themselves with the ingredients, they occasionally glanced toward the entrance, watching Su Lin's back, which stood as firm as a mountain.

"They don't look like they've come with good intentions, do they? It doesn't seem like they're our customers..."

"Is the Boss okay?"